Bulbapedia:Administrators

Bulbapedia administrators are users who have been granted administrative powers by the editorial board.

List of administrators

See: List of administrators

• Members of the editorial board are listed in green.
• Bold type indicate additional powers.
• If in need of administrator assistance, please contact an Active administrator for quickest results; all active administrators generally check messages daily.

User Status Since Sponsor Affiliation Rank Remarks Archaic Active December 21, 2004 — Bulbagarden Head of Bulbagarden Zhen Lin Hiatus December 21, 2004 — Bulbagarden Former Editor-in-Chief. evkl Active December 21, 2004 — Bulbagarden Deputy Head of Bulbagarden Also Editor-in-Chief emeritus. BulbaBot Bot April 16, 2005 — Bulbapedia Evil robot Zeta Hiatus April 17, 2005 Zhen Lin Quagbert Active April 17, 2005 Zhen Lin Bulbapedia Editor Nyoo Hiatus May 20, 2005 Zhen Lin PokéWiki, Bulbanews Argy Inactive June 6, 2005 Archaic Bulbanews Editor-in-Chief Also former Bulbapedia style editor Ketsuban Active August 24, 2005 — BMGf Super-Moderator Unown Lord Active January 8, 2006 Zhen Lin Bulbapedia Research Editor Also Research Editor on Bulbanews. Pie Inactive January 19, 2006 Zhen Lin Bulbapedia Former style editor Fabu-Vinny Active February 1, 2006 Zhen Lin Bulbagarden Editor Also Europe Editor on Bulbanews Arty2 Hiatus February 4, 2006 Zhen Lin Legendary Pokémon Owner TTEchidna Active November 15, 2006 Argy Bulbapedia Editor-in-Chief Sketch Active January 29, 2007 Zhen Lin Editor PAK Man Active April 16, 2007 Zhen Lin Editor Shiningpikablu252 Active March 24, 2008 TTEchidna Jioruji Derako Active March 28, 2008 Zhen Lin Bulbapedia Editor Signature policy enforcer. Maverick Nate Active July 17, 2008 TTEchidna Assisted in vandalism clean-up. Kenji-girl Active July 17, 2008 TTEchidna Assisted in vandalism clean-up. Urutapu Active July 17, 2008 TTEchidna Assisted in vandalism clean-up. Politoed666 Active August 2, 2008 TTEchidna Editor MAGNEDETH Active September 16, 2008 TTEchidna Editor Nomination accepted Porygon-Z Active September 16, 2008 TTEchidna Nomination accepted Vegard — November 29, 2008 — Bulbagarden System administrator Imagize — November 29, 2008 — Bulbagarden System administrator Kogoro Active December 9, 2008 TTEchidna Editor Nomination accepted RexRacer Active March 30, 2009 Archaic Copyrights enforcer. The dark lord trombonator Active March 30, 2009 MAGNEDETH Assisted in Wikia copyright fiasco. Mamady — May 9, 2009 — Bulbagarden System administrator electAbuzzzz Active June 21, 2009 Kogoro

Powers

Administrators are able to:

• Block users and IP addresses
• Protect pages
  • Unprotect pages
  • Edit protected pages
• Delete pages/revisions
  • Restore pages/revisions
• Revert edits with one click
• Use the article patrol feature on the recent changes list.

Authority

Additionally, administrators may:

• Impose bans

Becoming an administrator

Administrative powers can be granted by a bureaucrat, however, the editorial board has the final say on the issue.

Users who have contributed regularly and who have demonstrated initiative are candidates for administratorship.